Sixaxis in OSX and Vista

Here are a couple small programs to help you make the most of your Playstation 3 Sixaxis controllers. [netkas] heard that quite a few people were having trouble using the Sixaxis controller in Windows Vista. He solved it for himself and uploaded an exe for you to use. He then did essentially the same thing for OSX. This should make your PC gaming feel at least a little more familiar.

Well I tried this but it did not work for me, upon installing the driver and rebooting I found that my USB ports no longer worked. I had to use a old style plug mouse adapter to get around this and uninstall the driver.

This has been around for a while. Dunno about the OSX version, as I’ve never looked but the win version definitelly has

@spoofy
You can connect it6 via bluetooth as well using someone elses driver. Just google BTSix for the method and go here to DL the latest version http://bqron.free.fr/PS3/BT/
or http://bqron.free.fr/PS3/BT/.BETA for the latest betas. Admitedly it’s not nearly as simple and it renders your bluetooth adapter useless for anything other than for the Sixaxis/DS3 (until you reinstall proper drivers) but it does alow wireless play and support for motion sensing (I seem to recal the gyro (horizontal axes) doesn’t function properly but the accelerometers work fine)

WHen I can plug a wii controller or 360 controller in and have the latter work natively… just like a console; no muss no fuss- it makes it a hard point to argue that it’s worth it.

COnsidering the basic shape is from way back when ergonomicsdidn’t matter.

Basically, my hands grew out of Sony. Fond memories… but they won’t continue. I hate to hand it to them, but Microsoft has made one of the most solid common controllers in history along the lines of comfort. And if you’re looking for something fresh,t here’s always nintendo. I just don’t see why I would want to go back to such an uncomfortable old controller style, sixaxis or no.